N.W. Side home destroyed by fire

By Michelle Mondo, mmondo@express-news.net

Published
12:41 am CST, Saturday, December 10, 2011

A Northwest Side home was destroyed by fire Friday evening.

San Antonio Fire Department Assistant Chief Oscar Gonzalez said that at one point, flames reached 30 feet high as firefighters battled the blaze that began just before 7 p.m. in the 4900 block of Driskill Drive, off Ingram Road.

The owners weren't home when the fire started.

The fire consumed the one-story home and a detached structure on the property.

A downed power line fell onto one of the fire engines and CPS Energy had to be called, Gonzalez said, but no firefighters or residents were injured.

The power line, along with high winds and the layout of the property on a dead-end street, made fighting the fire more challenging, Gonzalez added.